Shipyards in Middle East to be equipped with Syncrolifts®

One order, from Damen Shipyards Sharjah FZE (DSS) will see a Syncrolift® designed and installed at Hamriyah Free Zone shipyard at Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirates. This installation, with a docking platform of 120m in length and a width of 26.5m is said to be the sixth Rolls-Royce Syncrolift® installed in the UAE and it will be operational by the end of 2012.
The second contract, awarded by Zamil Offshore Services, involves the installation of a ship lift with a platform 102m long and 32m wide at a new shipyard, which is being constructed in King Abdul Aziz port, Dammam, Saudi Arabia. Zamil Offshore already operate one Rolls-Royce ship lift, and this order will bring the total number of systems installed in Saudi Arabia to five, as Rolls-Royce states. Commissioning of the Syncrolift® is planned for 2013.

These innovative ship lifting systems are designed to enable the safe lifting of vessels during construction, maintenance and repair. Their capacity ranges from 500 to 25,000 tonnes.